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Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Rasa Elmentaite
Axcella Health (United States)
2
Chris Eijsbouts
Palo Alto Institute
3
Fränze Progatzky
The Francis Crick Institute
4
Rocky Barilla
Brigham and Women's Hospital
5
Homa Majd
University of Cambridge
6
Simon Suppinger
ETH Zurich
7
Meryem B. Baghdadi
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
8
Cunzheng Zhang
Peking University
9
Cunera M. C. de Beaufort
University of Amsterdam
10
Lieke Beltman
Emma Kinderziekenhuis

Papers

1
PIEZO-dependent mechanosensing is essential for intestinal stem cell fate decision and maintenance
Science|2024
89 cit.
2
Engrafted nitrergic neurons derived from hPSCs improve gut dysmotility in mice
Nature|2025
9 cit.
3
Congenital Heart Defects in Patients with Anorectal Malformations: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 281 Patients
Pediatric Cardiology|2024
4 cit.
4
Publication in The EMBO Journal (2025) [2 citations, W4414204538]
The EMBO Journal|2025
2 cit.
5
Publication in Journal of Visualized Experiments (2024) [1 citation, W4397029181]
Journal of Visualized Experiments|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Ulrika Marklund
Karolinska Institutet
2
Luke Jostins-Dean
University of Oxford
3
Hong Wei
Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
4
Roni Nowarski
Brigham and Women's Hospital
5
Werend Boesmans
Maastricht University Medical Centre
6
Jianfeng Gong
Nanjing Medical University
7
Di Wang
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
8
Kristiina Kyrklund
University of Helsinki
9
Faranak Fattahi
University of California, San Francisco
10
Abigail N. Koppes
Northeastern University

Papers

1
Epithelial Gasdermin D shapes the host-microbial interface by driving mucus layer formation
Science Immunology|2022
116 cit.
2
Charting the cellular biogeography in colitis reveals fibroblast trajectories and coordinated spatial remodeling
Cell|2024
105 cit.
3
Gasdermin D-mediated metabolic crosstalk promotes tissue repair
Nature|2024
97 cit.
4
Kir2.1-mediated membrane potential promotes nutrient acquisition and inflammation through regulation of nutrient transporters
Nature Communications|2022
61 cit.
5
Deriving Schwann cells from hPSCs enables disease modeling and drug discovery for diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Cell stem cell|2023
47 cit.
6
A two-front nutrient supply environment fuels small intestinal physiology through differential regulation of nutrient absorption and host defense
Cell|2024
38 cit.
7
A metabolic switch orchestrated by IL-18 and the cyclic dinucleotide cGAMP programs intestinal tolerance
Immunity|2024
24 cit.
8
Long-term outcomes of lymphatic malformations in children: An 11-year experience from a tertiary referral center
Journal of Pediatric Surgery|2022
21 cit.
9
Environmental variables and genome-environment interactions predicting IBD diagnosis in large UK cohort
Scientific Reports|2022
19 cit.
10
CircSEC24B activates autophagy and induces chemoresistance of colorectal cancer via OTUB1-mediated deubiquitination of SRPX2
Cell Death and Disease|2024
19 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Aravinda Chakravarti
Center for Human Genetics
2
Michael D. Gershon
Columbia University
3
Vassilis Pachnis
The Francis Crick Institute
4
Robert E. Spiller
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
5
Alberto Peña
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas
6
Masashi Yanagisawa
University of Tsukuba
7
Prem Puri
Discovery Institute
8
Michael Wegner
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
9
Stanislas Lyonnet
Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
10
Marc A. Levitt
Center for Children

Papers

1
A novel potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells
Nature|1988
10.8k cit.
2
Narcolepsy in orexin Knockout Mice
Cell|1999
3.1k cit.
3
Bowel Disorders
Gastroenterology|2016
2.8k cit.
4
Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs
Nature|2002
1.6k cit.
5
Defects in the kidney and enteric nervous system of mice lacking the tyrosine kinase receptor Ret
Nature|1994
1.6k cit.
6
Tie2-Cre Transgenic Mice: A New Model for Endothelial Cell-Lineage Analysis in Vivo
Developmental Biology|2001
1.3k cit.
7
Increased rectal mucosal enteroendocrine cells, T lymphocytes, and increased gut permeability following acute <i>Campylobacter</i> enteritis and in post-dysenteric irritable bowel syndrome
Gut|2000
1.2k cit.
8
Variations on a Theme: Cataloging Human DNA Sequence Variation
Science|1997
1.1k cit.
9
Targeted and natural (piebald-lethal) mutations of endothelin-B receptor gene produce megacolon associated with spotted coat color in mice
Cell|1994
1k cit.
10
Patterns of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate genes for blood-pressure homeostasis
Nature Genetics|1999
1k cit.

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